Spoiler alert! If you don’t want to know the “big deal” about this book, stop reading now and skip to the lower part of the post to see the list of books coming out this week.

Marvel Comics’ mutant character Northstar has not often been a headliner. If all you know about the X-Men is what you've seen in movies starring Hugh Jackman, then you likely don’t know him at all.

That changes with this week's “Astonishing X-Men #50” when Northstar takes center stage and prepares to go from one of the first openly gay superheroes in comics to the first married gay hero at Marvel. That's if his paramour and manager Kyle says yes, of course.

Northstar has had a tumultuous history. He starred in “Alpha Flight,” a long-running and well-remembered series for Marvel in the 80s and 90s, but his star fell not long after he came out as a gay man.

At the time his coming out was a huge development, but since then it has been ignored, played up for positive effect or played almost for laughs, such as a brief period where Northstar was retroactively declared to be an actual fairy. (Seriously, this is a storyline in a comic book you can own.)

“Astonishing X-Men #50” is an easy jumping on point for new readers of the line and has the added bonus of featuring Northstar, an X-Men character that I personally think is great.

He promotes AIDS awareness and mental health, two issues dear to his heart thanks to obstacles faced by his adopted daughter and his sister, respectively.

I asked Marjorie Liu, the writer of this issue, if the controversy surrounding the Archie marriage figured into the storyline of this book.

“This is a love story and not a political statement,” Liu said. “Gay marriage is legal in New York state, and some of the X-Men who live there just happen to be gay. If they want to get married – well, why not? Not everyone will agree or be happy about it (in our book, and in real life), but that doesn't mean we shouldn't tackle those stories with passion and empathy for both sides.”

Conor Kilpatrick of iFanboy.com believes the issue is a perfect fit for Marvel: “The X-Men have been, from the beginning, an allegory for civil rights, so it makes sense that in a time when gay rights is such a front-burner issue in American society that Marvel Comics would face it head-on with their X-Men characters.”

Marvel Comics first rose to prominence and popularity in the 1960s by more accurately and relevantly reflecting the issues of the day in its stories compared to its competition, DC Comics, so it's no surprise that in 2012 Marvel is taking on the issue of gay marriage.

Axel Alonso, Editor in Chief of Marvel Comics, agrees that this is a natural story for Marvel to tell.

“Marvel Comics are best when they respond to developments in the real world,” he said. “When gay marriage became legal in New York state, it raised a question: Since most of our heroes reside in that state, how would Northstar, the first openly gay character in comics, respond to this development? Would it change his long-term relationship with his partner, Kyle?”

Daniel Dean, of Titan Games and Comics in Smyrna, Georgia, says comic readers should think twice before they get furious about the storyline in this book.

“Obviously the big hook is Northstar's potential status as Marvel's first married gay superhero. But for me this is just a major event in the story of a character I think is pretty neat,” Dean said.

It was about time Marvel revisited the issue of Northstar’s sexuality. The issue in which he came out was a big deal but the subject was pretty well glossed over immediately thereafter. For a long while it was as if nothing had happened.

"You had camps of fans that were pretty ticked about both; that is, there were people upset that Marvel had a gay mutant, but there were a ton of people who were more upset that apart from a big pronouncement he wasn't allowed to be gay in the comics,” Dean said.

Despite any disagreement in the X-Men fandom, “the fact that Marvel is making this happen now matters, and I think we all like to read stories which matter whether we agree with them or not,” he said.

There was a time in comics where some horrible disaster that threatened lives was preferable to a “gay” subplot. Now most comic fans can name at least a good half dozen or more gay characters without even thinking about it. More importantly, these characters usually have compelling stories and reasons to exist apart from being "the gay one," the same stigma that followed the token black member of many comics in the 40s, 50s, and 60s.

Comic fans have seen this kind of relationship blossom before, in Marvel's Wiccan and Hulkling, for example. This, however, represents a whole new line in the sand for Marvel, and it's an accomplishment unto itself. It's indicative of a completely different way of thinking. That's plenty controversial to some people, but perfectly in line with the message of books like the X-Men.

I hope things work out for the character, but, this being comics, few things work out like the heroes hope in the long run. Either way, I'll be reading.

So, until next week, go forth and read, my people. And the reading will be good!

Is there a comic out there that you really love? Let us know in the comments. We’re always looking for tips on good comics!

Here are some of the comics scheduled to hit the shelves on May 23, 2012. Your local retailer will probably have these and others, so make sure to check with them for more details.

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So you give a spoiler warning AFTER the picture which pretty much gives away the whole thing? Well done, CNN, well done.

May 24, 2012 at 6:06 pm |

Wild Texas Patriot

tHIS IS NOTHING MORE THAN POISONING OUR YOUTH, NOW I REALLY HATE THESE POS

May 24, 2012 at 5:21 pm |

Patrick

People like you are the ones poisoning our youth.

May 24, 2012 at 6:05 pm |

trav

shut your mouth

May 24, 2012 at 10:20 pm |

Andrew

Patrick – exactly. It's amazing when some people think bigotry is somehow more moral than marrying someone you love.

May 24, 2012 at 10:47 pm |

Paul S

Amen Patrick

May 27, 2012 at 7:04 am |

Sam Stone

poisoning? gosh a bit of hyperbole, no? afraid that your kids won't share your bigotry? awwwww......little fella, put on your big boy pants and join us in the the hear and now.

May 24, 2012 at 6:10 pm |

trav

weak!!

May 24, 2012 at 10:20 pm |

Wild Texas Patriot

F u Losers, bunch of faaaaaaaaaag lovers caving in to the media, its one thing to beat the adult masses continuously with this trash now our youth gets their turn and how can u Losers call this bigotry when this is not normal and not accepted by the masses as a group at all. The vote is 69% to the weak 31% that caves in, U all are pathetic and WEAK!!!!

May 25, 2012 at 9:32 am |

Sam Stone

Well, Wild Texas Patriot, you sure present a solid argument. Except that it is for a frontal lobotomy.

May 25, 2012 at 10:19 am |

North Guy

No we will not join your here and now thanks Sam......we will enjoy our here and now, and that will be without comic books that are showing a lifestyle that we do not agree with – the gay people themselves are not poison.....God loves them....but the message is poison. How would you like us christians to be able to hand out comics with Jesus to every kid in America, with only our biblical stand on this issue included...?

May 24, 2012 at 6:45 pm |

Dorothy

Soooooo....the gay "lifestlye?" Is that the one where they are fighting in court for (1) marriage – so that they can live in legally recognized, monogamous relaitonships (2) Family – so they can raise their children (biological and adopted) as a couple (3) Honor – so they can serve their country in the military.
Let's compare that to what the religious right is in the courts fighting for (1) control of women's reproductive rights (2) keeping their ministers out of jail for illicit se x ual conduct (3) protecting their assets from lawsuits and taxes.

They gay "lifestyle" seems a lot more ethical and moral to me.

May 24, 2012 at 10:34 pm |

Anna

Hey Dorthy....were those court cases "gay priests".abusing children by the way...trust me – you don't want to open that can of worms.

May 25, 2012 at 1:29 am |

Sam Stone

I don't recall these being "handed out", North Guy. In any case, you have a right to do so. And, others have a right to toss them in the recycling bin

May 25, 2012 at 4:30 am |

Paul S

I want these so called Christians to keep opening their mouth and spewing their hate ... It's great! My friends who are part of the G.L.O (gay liberation organization) tell me that it helps propel the gay agenda... Soon every man will become gay and it will be missioned accomplished! LOL
Sadly, some Christianazi's probably believe this!

May 27, 2012 at 7:09 am |

Sam Stone

Gee, Wild Texas Patriot, you sure seem eager to hate. Good for you.

May 25, 2012 at 8:14 am |

Captain Fantastik

So far you are in the lead Sam.....you get the cup, trophy and belt buckle

So many scared commenters on here. Oh the duality you must be suffering that causes you to think these people you consider beneath yourselves might actually overthrow your tidy (!?) little worlds.

May 24, 2012 at 5:05 pm |

DefyTheGods

Wow, Wolverine was there too?

May 24, 2012 at 12:33 pm |

GetReal

I'm shocked!!!! I've never heard of a superhero getting married.

May 24, 2012 at 12:14 pm |

Nyne

WHAT

May 24, 2012 at 12:00 pm |

James King

IF MR. OBAMA CONTINUES TO PROMOTE THEIR POLITICAL STUPID GAY RELATIONS, UNITED STATES OF BATTLESHIP will end in sin and will be judged as Sodom and Gomorrah ... 2017!

May 24, 2012 at 11:32 am |

sam stone

Keep your iron age comic book out of our government.

May 24, 2012 at 12:26 pm |

sublime

Obama has a BIG problem.....he constantly forgets that his job is to rule over ALL. Not just the people groups he feels sorry for....when you accept a position to rule over a nation – that includes all of the people – whether you agree with their views or not. He can say the word christian all he wants – but this has in every way become a joke. He has no experience running anything.....and has an agenda. One scarey dude

May 24, 2012 at 12:53 pm |

Johan

sky daddy and his sheeple will start the throw down? That's not very baaah-christianly. Baaaah.

May 24, 2012 at 1:36 pm |

north Guy

Ya.....killing the unborn is not very nice either

May 24, 2012 at 4:40 pm |

EndTheHate

Silly bigot you don't even know what the bible says...

“This is the sin of Sodom; she and her suburbs had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not help or encourage the poor and needy. They were arrogant and this was abominable in God’s eyes.”
Ezekiel 16:48-49

May 24, 2012 at 1:46 pm |

MaybeAgnosticMaybeNot

God destroyed Sodom because Lot could not find 10 "righteous" people in the city. Had there been just 10 righteous, Sodom would have been spared. So by precedence, As long as there are some "righteous" people God will not destroy us. If your going to fearmonger atleast get it right, maybe actually read the Bible.

May 24, 2012 at 2:16 pm |

big hulawood

Mr King, my advice to you is to get out your sneakers and purple tablecloth... your mother ship is nigh.

May 24, 2012 at 5:06 pm |

Patrick

Yeah make sure you don't post the whole Sodom and Gomorrah story, like the part where Lot, the only righteous man to be found, the only one worth saving, was actually such a degenerate that he offers both his young virgin daughters to be r@ped by a r@pe gang of men. If that happened today, he'd be locked up, registered as a $ex offender, they'd be removed from his home for life...which probably would have been a good idea SEEING AS HOW HE GOT BOTH HIS YOUNG DAUGHTERS PREGNANT.

THAT'S THE RIGHTEOUS MAN WORTH SAVING?

YOU PEOPLE ARE SO FAACKING SICK. YOU USE THIS BOOK AS A MORAL GUIDE??? HOW FRIGHTENING. GEEZ.

May 24, 2012 at 6:06 pm |

James King

USA BELEIVE IN GOD AND JESUS NOT IN GAY!!!!

May 24, 2012 at 11:30 am |

sam stone

Sjtill begging for salvation? Free people do not need it. Slaves do

May 24, 2012 at 12:27 pm |

Johan

God and Jesus (and a heck of a lot of other Americans) believe more that one should use correct spelling and proper grammar. Jesus would be very disappointed in you, James King. Very disappointed, indeed.

May 24, 2012 at 4:26 pm |

James King

MARVEL COMPANY SINCE WHEN ARE GAY AND ITS FOUNDERS. IS A GREAT SHAME ON PROMOTING THE GAY COMICS. LIE THAT SEEMS NOT FEAR GOD OUR CREATOR, GOD CREATED MAN AND WOMAN NOT GAY. THIS IS MY COMPANY FORECAST AND ALL RELATED MARVEL fail in ECONOMICS AND IRAN FOR BANKRUPTCY IN THE NEXT 24 MONTHS. AND IF THE UNITED STATES CONTINUES TO THIS PROPAGANDA, 2017 FOR LONGER BE A SUPER POWER.

May 24, 2012 at 11:28 am |

sam stone

Man created god, man wrote the bible. Typing in caps just makes you look like an imbecile, not to mention the words themselves

May 24, 2012 at 12:28 pm |

sublime

This comment is where Sam really shows his stupidity and lack of knowledge....having fun with inventions of his own mind, but trying to make it sound real. You can disagree with Christianity Sam and choose to not participate.....but dude we have legitimate roots – even National Geographic think so!!

May 24, 2012 at 12:48 pm |

sam stone

Sublime: Are you claiming that man did not write the bible?

May 24, 2012 at 1:43 pm |

Anna

Your brain cannot handle the answer to that one Sam.....best left with the adults

May 24, 2012 at 2:10 pm |

sam stone

Anna: Oh, aren't you the clever one

May 24, 2012 at 2:57 pm |

sam stone

sublime: your roots are stolen from earlier belief systems

May 24, 2012 at 1:52 pm |

Anna

Your first clue starts with the letter A.....

May 24, 2012 at 2:17 pm |

sam stone

Anna: Answer the question, if you can.

May 24, 2012 at 2:59 pm |

Sam Stone

pretty much what i thought, anna. starts with "c" and rhymes with the term for the smallest of the litter

May 24, 2012 at 6:12 pm |

Anna

you have just revealed all we need to know about you Sam.....no other words necessary...your hate, anger and bitterness towards those of faith are all over many pages now......for all to see....

May 24, 2012 at 6:37 pm |

North Guy

You need a bar of soap in your mouth boy

May 24, 2012 at 6:47 pm |

Sam Stone

North Guy: Boy, go home and get your shinebox.

Anna: I have lots of friends who are pretty committed Christians. I got no problem with them. I do have a problem with mouthy gashes (like you and North Guy) who want others to have unequal rights.

May 25, 2012 at 4:35 am |

Sam Stone

Also, Anna, perhaps you should pull that jesus marital aid out of your snapper

May 25, 2012 at 4:38 am |

Anna

Sam – you are a so much fun!!!! Thanks

May 25, 2012 at 12:12 pm |

Paul S

James King if America falls/fails it is because a house divided can't not stand...
I can't believe how many poor representations of so-called Christians are walking around praising the Lord.
What would Jesus do?

May 27, 2012 at 7:15 am |

James King

USA BELEIVE IN GOD AND JESUS NOT IN GAY!!!!
MARVEL COMPANY SINCE WHEN ARE GAY AND ITS FOUNDERS. IS A GREAT SHAME ON PROMOTING THE GAY COMICS. LIE THAT SEEMS NOT FEAR GOD OUR CREATOR, GOD CREATED MAN AND WOMAN NOT GAY. THIS IS MY COMPANY FORECAST AND ALL RELATED MARVEL fail in ECONOMICS AND IRAN FOR BANKRUPTCY IN THE NEXT 24 MONTHS. AND IF THE UNITED STATES CONTINUES TO THIS PROPAGANDA, 2017 FOR LONGER BE A SUPER POWER.

May 24, 2012 at 11:28 am |

sam stone

Fearing god? Get off your knees and grow a pair

May 24, 2012 at 12:32 pm |

Johan

Haven't you heard, James King? God hates the dangling participle. If you use one more ... just ONE more ... you'll be going straight to H E L L where you will forever sit in 7th grade English class, never to pass and NEVER to graduate! Oh, the horror of it!!!!

May 24, 2012 at 4:29 pm |

Scotty

James must be asian.

May 24, 2012 at 4:31 pm |

Han Solo

I don't understand why s3xu@l preferences should even be discussed in a comic book. I wasn't aware there was even a gay superhero. Why does s3xu@l preferences need to be represented anywhere? It should be kept in private. I don't care if you say in the closet, or what you call it. I don't go around saying "I love to sleep with hot women!". My personal business is mine and it should be both ways. What if I start a movement and declare myself a solo-s3xu@l? I think I should be able to marry myself. Put that in a comic! There should be a superhero who can't stop pounding one out! Then when your son asks you, "Daddy, what does solo-s3xu@l mean?" you can tell him to wait until he is 14 and then he will understand.

May 24, 2012 at 11:28 am |

sam stone

Preferences in comic books are not new. Did Archie not have a thing for Betty and Veronica?

May 24, 2012 at 12:35 pm |

Realisticmath

So, now kids are a target for the gay agenda cause adults won't fall for the "alternate" lifestyle.

Sam you are sooo behind on the gay and lesbian polictical agenda....do you live in the forest

May 25, 2012 at 12:16 pm |

Caldude

gay superheros are getting hitched... how [gay] sweet.....lol....

May 24, 2012 at 9:35 am |

Hey check out this kid

:] This is pretty cool. Everyone deserves to be happy! or miserable..depending how you look at marriage but yay anyway! haha

May 24, 2012 at 7:50 am |

sam stone

i agree. live and let live

May 24, 2012 at 8:13 am |

Indie

I thought all super hero's were gay?

May 24, 2012 at 4:19 am |

Caldude

yeah I always thought batman and robin had something going on in their "cave".

May 24, 2012 at 9:36 am |

oh please

gay people have more money than straight people
so if youre smart youre gonna not exclude gay dollars
we got a TON more than straights do because we are NOT burded with ACCIDENTAL children

May 24, 2012 at 2:59 am |

Mike

Far out. Please take your money and move to Pervertistan. Today.

May 24, 2012 at 10:53 am |

Anna

I would just love to see this unfathomable quote on the front page of every paper in America.....you are like the anti-syrum for your cause....working against your own group. If a comment like this could be published – it would be like Christmas for the conservative base. Keep Going Oh Please we like you

May 24, 2012 at 1:29 pm |

Will

Oh wait... I misunderstood... I always thought Northstar was gay because he came from Canada...😉

May 24, 2012 at 2:37 am |

ruemorgue

Has anyone heard of the gay Avenger, The Anal Avenger? How about his arch-nemesis, The Rectal Violator and his Secret Weapon, an 8-foot Thermometer?

May 23, 2012 at 10:22 pm |

Paul S

Hee haw, hee haw.... Are you like 12 years old??
Ridiculous

May 27, 2012 at 7:18 am |

Silver

I just find it funny. This is an X-men comic, they are basically the comic world's allegory of people constantly discrimated on/oppressed/hated for being what they are. If anything this story is just natural for such a comic. Lets not forget this comic has been about diversity. They have Blacks, asians, catholics, muslims. Nearly every last major minority group.

May 23, 2012 at 10:20 pm |

Liz the First

Congrats to the writers and execs at Marvel for this brave and decent storyline. i'm still furios and saddened by what they did to Peter Parker and this doesn't begin to make up for it in my book, but this is a very good thing they're doing.

May 23, 2012 at 10:07 pm |

PRISM 1234

Ho-mo-s-exuality is and abnormality of what is natural. It doesn't mater how many "experts now days publish their "findings"....... its obvious they are slanted because of pressure to be "politically correct".

Even nature itself tells you that there is a certain order of things that make life on this earth as we know it. You mess with it, the consequences are far reaching!.
Even in animal species when some are not normal, the rest of the group rejects them, becaue it is in their nature to do so to preserve the natural order of things.
But why does man fight to to be accepted in his lewd nature? Because he loves his ways and will fight tooth and nail to keep himself gratified.....
We are no animals, we are human beings. We were created in the image of God, and He is the one who set the laws in nature, and has made His standard known of what is right and what is wrong to all mankind, by imprinting it on our consciences. Every person REALLY KNOWS, but those who choose to silence the voices of their consciences, at one point they pretended not to know, ignoring the voices of their consciences, till God turned them over to reprobate minds an they became numb to the truth, believing a lie.
To those who disagree with things said here... no matter what your reason is, the truth will never change, friend, we can't do away with it.... we can deny it, fume about it, revolt against it, hate those who uphold it and face us with it, but in the end the Truth will still stand, and every man's opinion will prove to be nothing.
There is no Real peace to those who fight against it. Because you're fighting against God! And He is the One to whom we all will give account of our lives!

May 23, 2012 at 10:03 pm |

Sam Stone

Tell us, PRISM, why is this issue so far up rectal canal?

May 23, 2012 at 11:05 pm |

Sam Stone

Also, PRISM, your god is an impotent myth...the wizard of oz....don't look behind the curtain. PRISM.....get back on your knees

May 23, 2012 at 11:07 pm |

Realisticmath

Well, you just keep standing on your hope that God doesn't exist then and we will see what happens to you in the afterlife.

May 24, 2012 at 10:38 am |

sam stone

realistic: seems that there is lots of conjecture on your part. first of all, the existence of an afterlife. secondly, that yours is the correct god.

May 24, 2012 at 1:46 pm |

sam stone

realistic: also, pascal's wager is lame.

May 24, 2012 at 1:47 pm |

Brian

I agree with you Prism that there is a "truth" out there...but I find it funny that you seem to be so confident that YOUR truth is the 'ultimate' truth. What makes you know better than anyone else? Because a book tells you so? If I write a book that tells a different truth do I have equal rights to say it's true? You have no actual evidence to back up your "truth", justwhat you state your "conscience" tells you...that's really not all that convincing.

May 24, 2012 at 12:03 am |

Sam Stone

PRISM is just another bigot using (his version of) god to justify his bigotry. Nothing new here.

May 24, 2012 at 5:10 am |

Joshua

You show your disdain for a work of fiction by quoting from a different work of fiction? How very duplicitous, bipolar and meaningless. Let's see: Sky Daddy or Northstar? Decisions, decisions.

May 24, 2012 at 12:42 am |

Nyne

There is no GOD!

May 24, 2012 at 11:56 am |

sublime

Great word Prism.......Sam is on many of these pages – spewing hate and bitterness over christians.....the truth is very hard for some. The disagreement is not personal – it is a principle of the universe and nature we are debating....created by God. It is like walking up to the Mona Lisa and saying – I think she should be blonde.....God does not have to change His original purpose for humans – because we have a different idea!! God loves everyone....but He is God

May 24, 2012 at 12:41 pm |

Sam Stone

Man created god, sublime.

May 25, 2012 at 4:45 am |

Sam Stone

also, sublime, i got no problem with christians. i do have a problem with bigots. it is not my fault that in some cases they are synonymous. so, basically, insert your persecution complex deep up your rectal cavity

Where do you get your facts...ridiculous...go to college, see the world, get out of your trailer and meet people outside of your church picnic and EVOLVE... Your GOD does not hate anyone... Christianazi's words are hateful and cause people pain...you are a bad person and YOU will be judged

May 27, 2012 at 7:24 am |

Jerry

Is his super hero name Flutterby?

May 23, 2012 at 9:55 pm |

Roman

I think you really meant "fluffer". How long have you been in the business, my friend?

May 24, 2012 at 12:53 am |

Stacy

Ummm, all these hateful h o m o p h o b i c comments are exactly the reason we need positive gay role models, whether they be real or imagined. Otherwise children will think it's normal to make fun or gay people, or to promote the idea they are somehow sick, perverted or inferior to straight people. Good for Marvel. I will purchase this and other pro-gay comics for my children.

May 23, 2012 at 9:29 pm |

Casey

Stacy – Well said!

May 23, 2012 at 9:48 pm |

Krandal

That's gay, Yo.

May 23, 2012 at 8:22 pm |

billybob

So... this superhero needs tax breaks also? He needs marriage to ward off others from stealing his man?

May 23, 2012 at 8:08 pm |

anne

I don't get it. Marvel wants to be more culturally relevant then why don't we have "the Economy Avenger" or something. Teach kids about how valuable it is not to mess up a country's economy. He could fight wallstreet corruption at night and have some random day job or goes to college or supports a family along with a hard working partner and has kids. I am not against gay marriage, I just think the more that gay marriage is made an issue the more opposition it is going to get. I am a Democrat, I have always been a Democrat but, the fact that gay marriage and constantly pressing gay marriage into society will not make it easier for marriage equality to happen and the biggest focus in this country should be on the economy, and getting America back into the right direction. I believe that we should be accepting to gay people and allow them to marry but, I am incredibly tired of hearing about it.

May 23, 2012 at 7:05 pm |

Andrew

Couldn't you have said the exact, word for word, same thing about civil rights legislation in 1964 when we were in the middle of a cold war and had vietnam going on? There will ALWAYS be things that people say are "more pressing" but does that mean we should ignore civil rights?

Frankly, if gays didn't push the whole 'gay marriage' issue, they wouldn't see any progress at all. When exactly would be a 'good time' for them to bring it up? When there are no problems in the US, at all? That's never going to happen, there's never a convinent time to bring it up, people will always say "we should be worried about other things". So at least by bringing it up, they keep the issue relevant, rather than risk losing any progress they've already made.

Nothing good has ever come from a chunk of the population staying silent about discrimination.

May 23, 2012 at 8:48 pm |

Champloo

Anne – The funniest thing about all the equal rights/gay rights/gay marriage debate and media exposure is that this wasn't as big of an issue for the GLBT community UNTIL the religious right started lobbying to change state and federal law to prevent what they think of as an abomination. It is not just the 'gays' that are pushing their agenda but also the right wingers that are pushing their anti-gay agenda. Both sides are causing the media frenzy.

Everyone – In any case, I don't understand how religion plays into this...separation of state, etc. Equal rights means just that: everyone should have equal rights as long as they don't infringe on others' liberties (and just b/c some people don't 'like' what others are doing in their personal lives, its not infringing on their liberties). I hardly think that two consenting adults (GLBT) wanting the same rights and protections as two other consenting adults (non-GLBT) should be an issue in today's society.

May 25, 2012 at 4:31 pm |

Kesha

Okay...first Obama...now this..really? who needs more votes, our president or marvel? I choose neither...you can't be a superhero AND be gay...that's just not right...end of story. Men and women don't get married as much anymore as they used to, so if we go ahead and say gay is "okay" then we're well on our way to extinction....

May 23, 2012 at 6:41 pm |

bob

this superhero gay marriage will actually be in marvel's 'politcally correct' series – starring obama

May 23, 2012 at 6:46 pm |

Kesha

hahaha dude that's the truth!

May 23, 2012 at 6:48 pm |

bob

only problem with obama's character is that there already is a superhero that goes by 'twoface'

May 23, 2012 at 6:52 pm |

Chanikwa

Kesha gurrl yoo stoopid. You no sistah.

May 23, 2012 at 9:06 pm |

Sam Stone

Really, Kesha? Where did you get your rules on what a superhero can be?

May 23, 2012 at 9:52 pm |

cintijack

You maybe on to something; let the extinction begin with you.

May 23, 2012 at 10:05 pm |

Paul S

Kesha you win the prize...I can't believe that there are so many intellectually challenged people that read CNN...

May 27, 2012 at 8:00 am |

cbinal

Think about it – only a per verted mind adds a $ exual bent to a CARTOON..... It's a CARTOON CHARACTER.

May 23, 2012 at 6:34 pm |

bob

you've obviously never seen the buns on iron man

May 23, 2012 at 6:36 pm |

cbinal

Haha – buns of steel? No wait – that's Superman.

May 23, 2012 at 6:39 pm |

bob

haha ... and he didn't actaully come from krypton, but uranus

May 23, 2012 at 6:43 pm |

bobcat

What about wiccan and hulkling?

May 23, 2012 at 6:31 pm |

Snackelfish

Thank God, I'm glad comics still have no basis in reality. What's next, a character being killed off, only to come back?
This is all just silly. SILLY.

May 23, 2012 at 6:24 pm |

bob

i agree ... next you'll some comic coming out with some mutant gene that actually makes people gay – silly indeed

May 23, 2012 at 6:30 pm |

trav

load of crap!!

May 23, 2012 at 6:22 pm |

Casey

Gurgi – Thank you for your thoughful response to Gay Hater. We need to be able to disagree without insulting one another.

May 23, 2012 at 6:20 pm |

Casey

Gurgi – H o m o s e x u a l i t y was removed as a disorder from the DSM because of studies (the first of which was in 1957) that showed that there was, "No scientific basis for inferring a predisposition to psychopathology or other maladjustment as intrinsic to h o m o s e x u a l i t y or b i s e x u a l i ty." Source – American Psychological Assocation.

Lobbying by gay groups did not cause the change. H o m o s e x u a l i t y was removed as a disorder from the DSM in 1973. There were precious few gay groups in existence in 1973, and they had little, if any, political influence.

May 23, 2012 at 6:16 pm |

abraham777

This is why DC is better...Marvel just dropped the ball, or should I say balls...

May 23, 2012 at 6:10 pm |

bob

i'm sure there will be 5% of the population there to pick them up

May 23, 2012 at 6:15 pm |

Paul S

Abraham, batman and robin would agree...

May 27, 2012 at 8:08 am |

Kevin Nivek

I always thought it was gay whenever Spiderman shot his "web" all over Doctor Octopus!

May 23, 2012 at 6:06 pm |

Jim

Geez, anything for a buck. Come on, Marvel comics! How utterly silly....a man marrying another man, a woman marrying another woman. And so many make it like it's simply the "religious" people who are against this. Nope. Marrying the opposite gender has nothing to do with religion (although that's obviously been a large part of it for so many centuries). Opposite genders are different, in case you haven't noticed, and this is the only way the species can be propagated and whether a couple wants or doesn't want to have kids is irrelevant. And this has NOTHING to do with "equal rights"...how idiotic can you get.

May 23, 2012 at 5:57 pm |

Patrick

And nature creates hermaphrodites and people with over 20 different conditions that give them the PHYSICAL characteristics of BOTH genders. Nature also creates many animal species that have a percentage of their population that is EXCLUSIVELY ho mo $e_xual and will never mate with the opposite gender in their lifetime. But nature also creates minds like yours that are so tiny, that even in the presence of that evidence, you can't possibly imagine that a percentage of humans would be wired to be attracted to the same gender only. How sad.

May 23, 2012 at 6:01 pm |

Gurgi

And all those "20 different conditions," are not "normal." Or they would not be labeled "conditions."

May 23, 2012 at 6:11 pm |

Patrick

They may not be "normal" if you define "normal" as "not experienced by the majority". But if that's true, being blue-eyed or left-handed certainly isn't normal.

May 23, 2012 at 6:15 pm |

Patrick

@Gurgi – What's sad is that you know you didn't choose your $e xu ali -ty, and couldn't have changed it if you wanted to, yet you imagine that gays somehow can.

May 23, 2012 at 6:19 pm |

Gurgi

Being "blue-eyed or left handed" are not labeled as "conditions." Therein lies the difference.

May 23, 2012 at 6:20 pm |

Patrick

Exactly. The difference is a label.

May 23, 2012 at 6:24 pm |

Patrick

And there was a time when being left handed was labeled as a condition and teachers and nuns were free to crack the knuckles of left handed students with rulers for being "de viant".

May 23, 2012 at 6:25 pm |

Patrick

I really wouldn't see the value of getting into a conversation with Sarah Palin to convince her that she should make sure her baby knows that he's abnormal.

May 23, 2012 at 6:27 pm |

Kijvera

@Gurgi: Actually being left handed was considered a 'condition' for many centuries. Children who displayed a preference for their left hand were often beaten, and forced to use their right hand because of the many negative conotations for the left hand found in the Bible. Being left handed was considered to be cursed, unlucky, or as a sign of the influence of the Devil.

Being gay or lesbian is no more a condition than being straight is.

May 23, 2012 at 6:52 pm |

Casey

Jim – This has EVERYTHING to do with equal rights. H e t e r o s e x u a l s can marry the person they love, gays cannot. That is not equality.

May 23, 2012 at 6:02 pm |

Patrick

When Jim tells you that you have the same right to marry the opposite gender that he does, ask him if you can marry his daughter.

May 23, 2012 at 6:04 pm |

calvin

Uhhhh. There are lots of situations where people can't marry the one they love. Get with it!

May 23, 2012 at 6:14 pm |

Patrick

@calvin – We're talking about consenting unrelated adults, not in ce st or pa ra phi1ias which have been proven by modern psychology to be harmful.

May 23, 2012 at 6:17 pm |

Donnie the Lion

Jim, that's crazy....we're propagating at a viral rate already. We need less children being born. If at least 10% of married couple are not procreating, that's a great thing.

May 23, 2012 at 6:15 pm |

billybob

With gay marriage, more children will be born. BOTH parents will want children, why would they get married in the first place? It makes no sense whatsoever for them to get married, they want the tax breaks for themselves and the split family tree they will create.

May 23, 2012 at 8:11 pm |

Sam Stone

As long as it takes a government license, it has everything to do with equal rights

May 23, 2012 at 9:56 pm |

sam stone

This has everything to do with equal protection under the law, jimbo

May 24, 2012 at 8:16 am |

Pimpson

More proof that gays are trying to target children

May 23, 2012 at 5:56 pm |

Patrick

Wrong. All you have to do if you want to see the percentage of gays who mo1est is go to a $ex offender registry like the one for the State of Texas that lists the age and gender of each mo1ester's victim(s). You can enter even a gay-friendly zip code and pull a random sample and you'll see that well over 90% are men mo1esting little girls ONLY. 2 to 3% are women molesters. 2 to 3% are men who molested both genders. 2 to 3% are men who molested males only.

May 23, 2012 at 6:02 pm |

Casey

Patrick – Well said!

May 23, 2012 at 6:03 pm |

Gay Hater

Patrick... you are gay....dnt u?

May 23, 2012 at 6:15 pm |

Gurgi

@gayhater, it is kind of obvious. But he is a person, that deserves proper respect, and that is discussing his point of view in a non-hateful manner.

May 23, 2012 at 6:18 pm |

Patrick

@Gurgi – I appreciate that and I'm sorry if I've been disrespectful to you at all. It's just an emotional topic when you've been through what I have.

May 23, 2012 at 6:21 pm |

cbinal

He's not saying they are targeting children for that reason, but to twist the childrens minds and brainwash them as you say Christians do. Last time I checked a Comic Book was about cartoon characters. Cartoon characters people they are a$ exual.

May 23, 2012 at 6:27 pm |

bryan

you're so sad

May 23, 2012 at 6:14 pm |

Sam Stone

How is this proof of that? Gosh, Pimpson, get a clue

May 23, 2012 at 9:58 pm |

Monty

oh how funny coming from a guy who calls himself Pimpson. You have children working the streets for you?

May 23, 2012 at 10:41 pm |

Flor

And you are showing us this because? We already know there are gays and Les, and they unite as a couple what's new?

May 23, 2012 at 5:47 pm |

Kevin Nivek

I know Les. He's a nice guy, used to date my sister. Leave him out of all of this.

May 23, 2012 at 5:51 pm |

Casey

LOL!

May 23, 2012 at 5:54 pm |

Tracy

I do.

May 23, 2012 at 5:41 pm |

Kevin Nivek

Rumor has it that next year's story line will feature Sasquatch finding mass acceptance in the "bear" community. Can't wait!

May 23, 2012 at 5:41 pm |

FedUp!

WOW! They're pushing it and rubbing it in our faces day in and day out! Such determination, you would think they are fighting for somethong right and noble! But it's not, and it'll never be accepted as normal, because it's NOT!

May 23, 2012 at 5:39 pm |

Kevin Nivek

Actually, no one is rubbing it in your face... but I suspect that deep down inside, you wish some guy was.

May 23, 2012 at 5:43 pm |

Andrew

"Pushing it in our faces"? You're a) Not required to read the comic book or read these articles, and b) fail to realize how being 'straight' is pushed in 'our faces' constantly.

If you see straight couples kissing in public constantly, if you see it on TV frequently, if you see straight couples getting married both finctionally and in public, then how are gay people doing the same thing "pushing it in your faces"? Are you that annoyed by people admitting gays actually exist?

Do you get this upset when you see a straight marriage on television? Isn't that 'pushing straightness'?

May 23, 2012 at 5:44 pm |

Casey

FedUp! – H o m o s e x u a l i t y is considered a normal part of human s e x u a l i t y by the following professional mental health associations: The American Psychological Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, the American Counseling Association, the Canadian Psychological Association, and the National Association of Social Workers.

May 23, 2012 at 5:53 pm |

Patrick

Wow. But when we see a straight relationship in a magazine or on screen, that's not rubbing our faces in it, right? And it's actually not, because we have no problem with that. You're just ultra paranoid and ultra sensitive and probably quite ho-mo_pho bic.

May 23, 2012 at 5:53 pm |

Patrick

The World Health Organization, the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, the National Association of Social Workers, the American Counseling Association, and the American Academy of Pediatrics all say ho-mos_exuality is a normal unchangeable variant of human $e_xu-ality. Get over it.

May 23, 2012 at 5:54 pm |

Gurgi

The organizations you and Casey mention bowed to pressure to be "policitally correct." As the LGBT is a quite vocal (therefore powerful) minority. How can it be "normal" when it has not even been decided if it is a "choice" of lifestyle by the individual, or proven to be genetic? Logically, the only way it could be halfway considered to be normal would be if it is proven to be genetic. Also the small percentage of gays in the human population prove it is not "normal."

May 23, 2012 at 6:03 pm |

Patrick

Yes those organizations bowed under the tremendous pressure in 1973, LOL!

Wrong. They removed it as a disorder because there was no proof it was a disorder. Ho mo_se-xuals, unlike others with mental disorders have no evidence of associated pathologies, boundary issues that pervade other areas of their lives or character disorders...and no identifiable cause.

That being said, of course when they removed it there were plenty in the APA that disagreed (for the same reason people used to think being left-handed was deviant – because it's different and experienced by a minority) and vowed to return with proof it was a disorder. They never found any.

May 23, 2012 at 6:07 pm |

Gurgi

There is a larger percentage of "lefties," in the world, than there are gay. What I said still stands.

May 23, 2012 at 6:14 pm |

Andrew

Gurgi
There weren't in 1973, and they had just about no clout, politicial, social, or otherwise. There was no 'gay movement' back in the early 1970s, and academic literature seldom bows to political pressure in any case. Your point really doesn't stand, you'd LIKE to think "oh, they just bowed to pressure" because you don't want to recognize that it's actually possible for you to have a wrong position on a subject.

May 23, 2012 at 6:20 pm |

LJ

You sound a little upset...could it be that you're a closet gay?

May 23, 2012 at 6:26 pm |

LJ

Patrick, that last comment was meant for you.

May 23, 2012 at 6:27 pm |

Andrew

I should add that while there is no "gay gene", there are genetic components to h-mos-xuality. That is to say, studies of identical twins show that if one twin is gay, the other is far more likely to be gay than with fraternal twins. If it was entirely genetic, that'd be 100%, but if there was no genetic aspect to s-xuality, then identical twins would match the ratio with fraternal twins.

What this means is that s-xual orientation is more complex than what could be accounted for with a single gene. Number of male older brothers also makes you far more likely to be gay, indicating some pre-natal enviornmental conditions also help establish s-xuality. There seem to be many factors which cause it, some different for others, but the one clear constant is that no one chooses their s-xuality.

May 23, 2012 at 6:28 pm |

Patrick

The lefties are like 12%. You're saying if it's over a certain percent it's okay? Do you draw the line at 8? 10?

May 23, 2012 at 6:29 pm |

Gurgi

@Andrew, actually there were such groups even back in the 60s, mostly in California (it was called the state of "fruits and nuts" back then, especially by folks in the midwest). When they made the news, I remember it stirring my Dad up something awful. Though he had little tolerance for gay people or hippies. He didn't see a lot of difference between them.

May 23, 2012 at 6:31 pm |

Gurgi

@LJ, I don't think Patrick is in the closet. We are just having a discussion of opposing viewpoints. He is gay, and I'm not. But that doesn't mean we can't discuss our differences respectfully. I don't think he was sounding upset, but I could be wrong.

May 23, 2012 at 6:34 pm |

Andrew

Gurgi
The groups existing doesn't mean they had any real power, you've honestly got very little to substantiate that they had ANY influence over the academic community. But for some reason you prefer to believe "gays got them to remove it as a disease because of political correctness" rather than the also possible "... there simply was no evidence to substantiate its classification as a disease/disorder".

The academic community is usually fairly good about not bowing to political or societal pressures, and you need some pretty strong arguments with some pretty strong displays of pressure applied to indicate that gays changed anything in the academic community because of 'political correctness'. That's a tall order for a conspiricy.

May 23, 2012 at 9:04 pm |

MashaSobaka

Sometimes I wonder if you people go breaking into gay couples' houses and then accuse them of "flaunting" their "lifestyle" in front of you. If you don't want to see a gay superhero, don't buy the book. Is that easy enough for you, bub?

May 23, 2012 at 8:10 pm |

Sam Stone

FedUp!: Bigotry dies hard.

May 23, 2012 at 9:59 pm |

Kevin Nivek

I hope Marvel gets the courage to bring Captain Felcher back to the comic book page.

May 23, 2012 at 5:37 pm |

guarg

Dear CNN,

Please have your authors do a fact check instead of becoming puppets for the PR departments of businesses (they already are for politicians). This is not the first gay marriage. Wildstorm had a civil union in the 90's by Midnighter and Apollo, both being two of the first gay characters in comics and being outed well before Marvel touched the issue. Wildstorm's creation was picked up by DC and reset in last year's 52. You can follow it in the Storm Watch comic (which this author mentions being sold this week, but the list is an obvious cut and paste from a shipping web site).

Editors, hold your writers accountable. this article was a waste of time.

May 23, 2012 at 5:34 pm |

bobo

Apparently this is the most important issue in America. Tax relief: no, affordable housing: no, stable employment: no, gay marriage:...wait a minute, you almost had me there.

May 23, 2012 at 5:33 pm |

Andrew

So Americans can only focus on a single issue at a time? Back in 1964 I'm sure the country had *nothing* else to worry about other than civil rights, right? I mean it's not like we were in the middle of an incredibly tense cold war as well as having to deal with Vietnam, right?

Equal rights are important, and the country is capable about caring for more than one issue at a time.

May 23, 2012 at 5:40 pm |

MashaSobaka

The fact that you are only reading the articles about civil rights battles and not the articles about tax relief/unemployment/war/etc says a lot more about you than it does about which issues Americans find important.

May 23, 2012 at 8:13 pm |

Orlando

This comic book is gay, just like the Phoenix Suns commercial

May 23, 2012 at 5:32 pm |

Gurgi

Will he change his superhero name to "Gayman?" His but will whistle when he flies. So, he won't be able to sneak up on the villians.

May 23, 2012 at 5:29 pm |

JillicentIX

If i wanted to care about a gay superhero, i'd watch Torchwood. I totally gay heart you, Captain Jack!

May 23, 2012 at 5:21 pm |

Patrick

I didn't like Torchwood because it was like they made everyone out to be bi, which just isn't true. I did love Captain Jack though.

May 23, 2012 at 5:32 pm |

SAO

SO MESS UP IN THE HEAD!!! NEXT IT GOING TO BE MAN AND ANIMAL...NO WONDER WE'RE NO LONGER THE STRONGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!!

May 23, 2012 at 5:18 pm |

Casey

SAO – It is scary how quickly you jump from a discussion about the loving relationship between two people of the same gender to your statement about bestiality. Do you think about having s e x with animals often?

May 23, 2012 at 5:25 pm |

north Guy

exactly.....this world with no restraints is terrifying.....I would like to know who is behind this

May 23, 2012 at 5:25 pm |

John

Who? The world knows his name. He is that fallen yellow-haired angel whose name was Lucifer. It is what you don't see, the invisible spirits, that move mankind down the path of life until destiny is fulfilled. However, there is a happy ending to the story. Make that into a comic book Marvel Comics. The real superhero is the Lord Jesus.

We're no longer the strongest country in the world because teachers can't teach because administrators are too scared they'll get sued if they discipline students in any way because of our laws that guarantee every child an education, regardless of their propensity to disrupt the education of others.

SAO, You're right! And no matter how they dress it up it's still perversion and it'll never be normal!

May 23, 2012 at 5:42 pm |

Patrick

@Fed Up! – Wrong. You're the perversion and will never be normal, unless you get treated for your ho mo pho bia, which they treat as a DISORDER nowadays.

May 23, 2012 at 5:58 pm |

John

--phobia is a word you created to label those who don't agree with you or fall in line with your version of life!

May 23, 2012 at 6:04 pm |

LJ

Patrick...you need serious help.

May 23, 2012 at 6:30 pm |

Donnie the Lion

SAO, have you ever seen a marriage license? There are TWO lines for SIGNATURES. That alone guarantees two things: a person can only legally marry ONE person, and both people have to be HUMANS. You can do whatever you want in a marriage ceremony, until you fill out the marriage license, you are not married.

May 23, 2012 at 6:19 pm |

Sam Stone

SAO: Man and animal? Gosh, you are either a troll, or a moron. Which is it, dimwit?

May 23, 2012 at 10:01 pm |

Casey

CNN – Thank you for having the courage to run stories about all types of people.

May 23, 2012 at 5:14 pm |

jim

THIS IS SICK BEYOND BELIEF!!!!

May 23, 2012 at 5:14 pm |

Patrick

Why?

May 23, 2012 at 5:18 pm |

Tommy

Agreed...it it truly sick that CNN would put a "spoiler alert" *after* posting a headline and photo that completely spoil the story. Least-effective spoiler alert ever. But also, kudos to Marvel.

May 23, 2012 at 5:23 pm |

FedUp!

Yep! ! ! It's getting sicker every day.
And they say Christians are indoctrinating the children?
Just what are THEY doing?
Blasted perverts!

May 23, 2012 at 5:51 pm |

barrclan

dear cnn...enough already with the gay issue!

May 23, 2012 at 5:12 pm |

Patrick

They have a whole series called "Bl@ck in America". Wait until "Gay in America" comes out. Should be soon.

May 23, 2012 at 5:19 pm |

MashaSobaka

If civil rights are boring for you, head on down to FOX. Or you could always watch The Colbert Report and pretend that he's actually on your side. (As I understand it, some of you folks aren't sure anyway.)

May 23, 2012 at 8:15 pm |

Realisticmath

Great way to kill a comic series...who wants to read this crap?

May 23, 2012 at 5:06 pm |

Casey

I do.

May 23, 2012 at 5:11 pm |

Patrick

I do.

May 23, 2012 at 5:17 pm |

markishere

ultra libtards

May 23, 2012 at 5:23 pm |

Jason

I do.

May 23, 2012 at 5:39 pm |

Mark

I do

May 23, 2012 at 5:40 pm |

Gurgi

I don't. But to be fair, I stopped reading comics about 25 years ago (I thought they were expensive at $.75-$1.29 each). But if I were still spending money on them, I wouldn't buy this one.

May 23, 2012 at 5:49 pm |

Me

There you go. 4 buyers, that is a great economic coupe!

May 23, 2012 at 5:59 pm |

Quinn

Me! You know, and other people who have more than 3 braincells?

May 23, 2012 at 6:31 pm |

Dick Cheney

Wow. Is this in your face gay month or what?

Seriously, enough already.

May 23, 2012 at 5:06 pm |

Patrick

Are you talking to your daughter?

May 23, 2012 at 5:19 pm |

Captain America

....and soon we will have the first super hero die of AIDS.

May 23, 2012 at 4:56 pm |

Shannon

Why have you stopped printing my responses?

May 23, 2012 at 5:04 pm |

Casey

Stop the hate.

May 23, 2012 at 5:11 pm |

Thanos

That already happened in the comics a long time ago... Shadowhawk.

May 23, 2012 at 5:28 pm |

rk2380

Someone in Comics already died of AIDS, I don't know if they were Gay but I think it was a super hero. It was in the Incredible Hulk

May 23, 2012 at 5:32 pm |

Paul S

Yeah Cap, and a superhero that is MORBIDLY OBESE......

May 27, 2012 at 7:32 am |

seppe

Watt it's going on with this gay and leb issue ?do we need to see this on every window and every page and every tv chanel and every form of public media ?i think that there are mayor issue that we should be informed and try to resolve enstead ...

May 23, 2012 at 4:56 pm |

Rob

Its the media's attempt to brain wash you!

May 23, 2012 at 5:05 pm |

god is deadg

dude for real, your grammar is amazing, try to learn to spell and write in complete thoughts before you make a statement that is obviously silly and ignorant

May 23, 2012 at 5:05 pm |

Chris

"dude for real, your grammar is amazing, try to learn to spell and write in complete thoughts before you make a statement that is obviously silly and ignorant"

You're one to talk.

May 23, 2012 at 5:18 pm |

Patrick

Okay seppe – Go to CNNs main page, count the gay stories, count the straight stories, and come back with the numbers. We'll talk about it.

May 23, 2012 at 5:20 pm |

Gurgi

I am not very religious, and don't necessarily believe in "god." But I have seen enough in my life to believe that Shakespeare had it right, "there are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." So for all the "God haters," you might want to be a little careful.

May 23, 2012 at 4:56 pm |

JillicentIX

Shakespeare was obviously talking about aliens.

May 23, 2012 at 5:18 pm |

Gurgi

He could have been.

May 23, 2012 at 5:22 pm |

Andrew

That could also mean there are more gods out there that could possibly be dreamt of, so why should I pay attention to a specific god? Why not Loki, or Dionysus? Why should I give a rat's ass what Christians believe?

May 23, 2012 at 5:46 pm |

Gurgi

Could be true. At this time, we don't know, and might never know.

May 23, 2012 at 5:53 pm |

msadr

One of the cool things about graphic novels is that there's a hero for everybody, no matter how messed up you are. Gay is just one of many ways a person can be messed up.

May 23, 2012 at 4:55 pm |

Kevin Nivek

The only thing truly wrong here is the fact that comics are now $3.99 an issue. Who can afford them anymore?

I'm not a diehard X-Men fan, but I know more than just the movies. Northstar being gay is as much a surprise to me as an article saying Hawkeye uses hearing aids.

May 23, 2012 at 4:43 pm |

Gurgi

When I was in the middle east, I discovered that muslims have a saying, "women are for children, men are for fun." Which really makes me wonder about them, with what the religion of islam says about gays. Of course, alcahol is against their religion as well, but when I was in the airports, in the international section waiting on flights, muslims were drinking like fish in water.

Yeah you are exaggerating and a pervert as well. The hand under the thigh in ancient times was a more solemn oath than a handshake. Do a little research instead of trying to denegrate soemthing you know nothing about.

May 23, 2012 at 7:16 pm |

Lautreamont

Funny, I heard the same saying from several Muslim men and yeah, had many beers with Muslims when I was over there.

May 23, 2012 at 4:46 pm |

joesm

this isn't the first gay suer hero ... what were the names of the dudes – the Ambiguously Gay duo – from SNL?

May 23, 2012 at 4:35 pm |

Reese

dont forget batman & robin, he-man, and most definately VOLTRON !!!

May 23, 2012 at 4:46 pm |

rk2380

How is a robot gay

May 23, 2012 at 5:35 pm |

grossed out

Sick and wrong! Comics are for children. They do not need to be exposed to these concepts until they are in their adulthood.

May 23, 2012 at 4:33 pm |

Kevin Nivek

If you knew anything about the state of comics in 2012, you'd know that the only people really reading comics now are adults. Do you think a kid wants to spend $4 on a comic book??

May 23, 2012 at 4:45 pm |

msadr

Woah there! Comics are NOT for children! If you're letting your kids read those, you need to stop now. They are definitely made for adults.

May 23, 2012 at 4:53 pm |

Warlock

Wow, you are really an uninformed moron. I'm amazed you're actually able to post on the internet.

May 23, 2012 at 5:22 pm |

Gordon

I assume you have never done research on this, have you? Is YOUR opinion your only source of information? Such lack of education.

May 23, 2012 at 6:30 pm |

granger

CNN is so gay!

May 23, 2012 at 4:30 pm |

Reese

CTFU

May 23, 2012 at 4:44 pm |

Paul S

Granger are people still saying this? How 2009

May 27, 2012 at 8:13 am |

Comic Man

I guess Northstar is better than SUPERGAY MAN!

May 23, 2012 at 4:29 pm |

joesm

think his powers originated from uranus

May 23, 2012 at 4:36 pm |

tkindsm

I just lost a little respect for Marvel. Let’s keep comics about fantasy and fun for the kids and a little less about forcing someone else’s political views on other peoples kids. I doubt the gay community would like it very much if DC comics came out with a Catholic Super Hero who preaches that marriage is only between a man and a woman. Leave the kids out of it.

May 23, 2012 at 4:27 pm |

Seth

Comics have always been a way to let rational ideas reach people. There's nothing wrong with a gay-superhero, its not pushing a view on you, some people are gay. If there was a superhero who just preached the Bible, then that would be pushing a view.

May 23, 2012 at 4:37 pm |

tkindsm

This seems to be a common problem with Liberal and Atheist groups – they don't see that pushing their “anti-religious” or “pro-gay” view points on others is just as wrong as Bible thumpers pushing their religious viewpoints on others. Both sides need to mind their own P’s and Q’s and leave other people alone. Especially other people’s kids.

May 23, 2012 at 4:53 pm |

deathwombat

Yes, how dare Marvel acknowledge that gay people exist, or that they sometimes get married. And even though there are more adults than children who read comic books, comic book publishers should steer clear of any issue that is even remotely controversial. God forbid that they be allowed to write anything for the adults in their audience.

May 23, 2012 at 4:52 pm |

jord

Umm, a Catholic like Nightcrawler? He is always talking about his faith. He doesn't preach against gay marriage, but depicting a gay wedding isn't exactly speaking for gay marriage. It's just showing a real thing that real people do. There are comic characters to represent just about anyone you can think of, including religious and gay characters.

May 23, 2012 at 5:27 pm |

Silver

Actually as far as I recall Nightcrawler(at least from the ultimate series) was pretty much against gays. He pretty much stopped befriending collosus because he was gay in that version(at least for a time)

May 23, 2012 at 10:15 pm |

gtfofggts

don't we have any more important issues than giving these degenerate repulsive animals our time here on crapNN? Yo ucan NEVER force a straight man to support this kind of filth even if you turn upside down on your head. By trying to force this decadent filth on us you are only making people hate you more. Vast majority of men are straight and you want to make them support and like these few shameless ones? Will never happen I don't care what you try or say or do. Go cry about your clementi guy somewhere else we don't give a dammmm

May 23, 2012 at 4:27 pm |

N/A

"don't we have any more important issues than giving these degenerate repulsive animals our time here on crapNN? By trying to force this decadent filth on us you are only making people hate you more"
id say the same to you

May 23, 2012 at 4:32 pm |

gtfofggts

No you can't say 'same" because i speak for majority while you speak for the minority of decadent parasites. Don't compare your opinions to me because it is YOU who is crying for same rights TO US ..not other way around. Know your place loser

May 23, 2012 at 4:35 pm |

Jazz

Hate monger

May 23, 2012 at 4:43 pm |

moron police

you win the prize for idiot of the day. and that's saying alot, considering. congrats!

May 23, 2012 at 4:58 pm |

Rick

What makes you think you speak for the majority, big mouth?

May 23, 2012 at 5:10 pm |

Reese

how are you being forced, didnt you choose to read the article. Seriously gtfofggts you are so gay !!!

May 23, 2012 at 4:49 pm |

Gordon

You are not speaking for a majority. You are speaking for people who think hate is what prevails.

May 23, 2012 at 6:37 pm |

JCNow

Actually gay haters are not in the majority. 53% of Americans believe gay marriage should be legal. You are now the minority, soon to be extinct, joining all of your neanderthal cousins, only to be seen and pointed at by those who frequent museums.

May 23, 2012 at 7:02 pm |

Jon

Are you serious? Streets are one way for a reason dip stick

May 23, 2012 at 7:40 pm |

Goose66

Why a gay marriage for Northstar? Why a marriage at all for Northstar? How many other mutants have had an edition dedicated to their marriage? I think the most effective gay marriage in the popular media was the marriage of Sam Adama in Caprica. He was a ruthless, violent, hard-to-like character that played a distinct role in the unfolding of the drama. Oh yeah, he was married to a man. They didn't discuss it, they didn't make his husband central in any way to his character, you only captured glimpses of this relationship. It was just that he was married to a man, and that was perfectly normal. Very effective potrayal in a TV series, if you ask me.

May 23, 2012 at 4:17 pm |

god is dead

to avoid plummeting to far into nerddom, when wolverine was married, when cyclops married jean grey, when mr. fantastic married the invisible woman, and there are others i cant remember. these are all major characters in the marvel universe and they did have issues devoted to their wedding so its not a single occurrence.

May 23, 2012 at 5:13 pm |

god is dead

oh and who can forget spider man marrying mary jane! that is an exact replica of this, hero marrying non hero.

May 23, 2012 at 5:15 pm |

Furious Styles

hahahahahaha NOBODY read the article! Its states that Northstar first appeared back in the 80's yet comments address this as if Marvel just created him to be PC in 2012. Hahaha

May 23, 2012 at 4:15 pm |

janus

i bet the black super hero is hung like a stud horse!
maybe 15 inches and superbly thick!
and i bet he swallows!
hmmmmmmmmmmmm......need some time to myself now!

Start counting the number of gay people in the world, and let me know when you stop.

May 23, 2012 at 4:15 pm |

Norm

Too bad they don't let you comment over at Fox anymore.
Bring your trash over here so we can educate you Eddie boy..

May 23, 2012 at 4:35 pm |

Paul S

Eduardo, spoken like a true American

May 27, 2012 at 8:14 am |

Marine1957

Any time someone in show business "comes out", it is usually a sign of failure (Rosie, Ellen are just two examples). If it takes gayness to shore up a show, comic, or personality, oblivion is right around the corner. The other big favorite is claiming molestation as a child. Can't these people and publications succeed without pandering?

May 23, 2012 at 4:07 pm |

sam stone

Really, Marine? You feel that Ellen is not a success? Want to compare her tax returns to yours?

May 23, 2012 at 4:22 pm |

Norm

As a marine (supposedly)...you fought for other people's right for freedom.
Now here you are acting like a Taliban Teabagger.
You are a disgrace to the uniform.

May 23, 2012 at 4:36 pm |

Paul S

Marine, Ellen is a top rated program...your wife if you have one probably watches her enthusiastically on TV..Rosie failed because she was opinionated and nasty...
"coming out" is emotionally and psychologically a personal and private matter... So I hear

May 27, 2012 at 8:18 am |

It's A Comic

Come on people. It's a comic. I read a comic for a whole mess of fighting, creative super powers and well-drawn characters. I don't read a comic to waste 10 minutes of my life watching a marriage. I mean c'mon this is a comic, this is fun. Why have they never done a marriage before? Because if a hero marries a non-hero, the non-hero is instantly a target. Now if Marvel ignores this, it seems stupid to me as it'd be interesting to watch. But, on the other side, should they get married they can't kill Kyle either because they'll look anti-gay. In my opinion this puts them in a position where nobody wins.

May 23, 2012 at 4:06 pm |

Silver

Peter parker and Mary Jane
Cyclops and Jean Gray

Yeah comics certainly never show marriages ever.

May 23, 2012 at 10:17 pm |

janus

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...black super hero meat!
i bet he taps his a$$ at the speed of light!
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

May 23, 2012 at 4:04 pm |

Catina

sorry for the typo's I just noticed a couple.

May 23, 2012 at 4:02 pm |

ed

DISGUSTING!!!

May 23, 2012 at 4:02 pm |

The Flamingo Kid

Totally!

May 23, 2012 at 4:03 pm |

N/A

definately. this much judgemental bs from people who claim to live in a free country is really disapointing... oh wait... thats not what you were getting at was it?

May 23, 2012 at 4:28 pm |

Norm

Come on out Ed...you don't have to hide anymore.

May 23, 2012 at 4:37 pm |

cg

GET OVER IT. You act like a little kid.

May 23, 2012 at 5:05 pm |

Catina

I do not consider myself liberal or conservative...I also feel to each there own ones decisions is between that person and god...However I am VERY upset by this, my young child reads Marvel comics as I am sure a lot of other parents young child and it sickens me that they feel that this is appropriate for young readers...My son is a huge fan of X-Men and the Avengers as well as my husband and myself...I know that Northstar come out along time ago and then they went no where with that story as it should have been....Needless to say We will no longer be buying Astonishing X-Men as long as this kind of story line is on the front burner...Ok I have put in my two cents....

May 23, 2012 at 4:01 pm |

Scott

I know RIGHT?!? How dare they allow a white super hero to marry a black man! I will NOT have my children reading that and thinking it is right! What are they doing thinking that is appropriate for kids?

See how STUPID you sound? You are nothing but a bigot.

May 23, 2012 at 4:31 pm |

Common Sense

I understand the concern of censoring inappropriate media from young readers- but I would like to know what about a marriage is considered "inappropriate." Hasn't your child read the marriages of the straight characters in the comics? Hasn't he seen characters kissing? Hasn't he seen characters fighting, k i lling, so on and so forth? How is all of that somehow more /appropriate/ than a couple of characters saying their "I do's" and maybe sharing a kiss.

Your child will most likely glance over the page, shrug, and go on reading the rest of the comic, because he only really cares about the action scenes. If he asks for an explanation, all you have to say is "Well i guess they just decided to get married."

You don't have to talk about s e x with him because this issue isn't about /that/. It's about two men holding hands and getting married.

It's no more "inappropriate" than a man and a woman doing the exact same thing.

There's /my/ two cents.

May 23, 2012 at 4:38 pm |

Henry

Common gay is not the NORMAL actions; even biologically we are made a certain way so we can reproduce it men to men or women to women were able to reproduce then I would say this is the natural selection of things. That is not the same here either. It is natural for men and woman it is not natural for two of the same kind to show affection. There is a difference and it has a place for it in an adult setting not in a comic book. Let children gloss over action scene after action seen not bombard them with this crap.

May 23, 2012 at 4:47 pm |

msadr

Common Sense? !! What fantasy land are you living in where gay is normal or healthy and two men having a romance doesn't bring up questions about s e x ?? You're nuts! Come back to reality buddy.

May 23, 2012 at 5:02 pm |

onecalledsam

2 cents is about what your comment was worth. What are you going to come up with when the first openly tranny super hero comes out or the first openly pedophile super hero? Stop shoving this down my throat as I'm about to puke already.

May 23, 2012 at 5:22 pm |

cg

Go back under the rock you came out of.

May 23, 2012 at 5:07 pm |

KS

Sad so sad. However, I have to wonder if all this "gay stuff" would be splashed daily on CNN if it were not politically motivated? I guess I will have to sensor comics now along with TV, movies, CD's and cartoons!!

May 23, 2012 at 4:00 pm |

physnchips

What kind of comic sensor do you have?

May 23, 2012 at 4:17 pm |

N/A

rofl

May 23, 2012 at 4:26 pm |

Norm

That's your right in a free country.
I don't see anyone trying to prevent you from it.
I bet you can't wait until Fox allows comments again.

May 23, 2012 at 4:39 pm |

The Flamingo Kid

DEFINITE sign of the end times.

May 23, 2012 at 4:00 pm |

Norm

Yes....the end times...the end of bigotry and discrimination that has been making a mockery of our free country since it's beginning.

May 23, 2012 at 4:40 pm |

msadr

um, "Norm", discrimination is actually a GOOD thing. You are supposed to discriminate against things that are unhealthy and harmful.

May 23, 2012 at 5:04 pm |

Sam Stone

Why wait, Flamingo Kid? Go meet Jesus halfway

May 25, 2012 at 5:17 am |

Wild Texas Patriot

I find this point fasinating Mr. Sam Stone who must be a faaaaaaaggggg cause you are all over this site with your trash calling everyone a bigot who does see your point. Hey Sam lets stop messing around with the faaaggg agenda and lets start issuing COLORING BOOKS IN PRE SCHOOL TO 4 AND 5 YEAR OLDS TO HELP PUSH YOUR PATHETIC AGENDA BOYYYYYYY!!!! THIS WAY OF LIFE IS WRONG PERIOD AND WE WILL FIGHT THIS TO THE END!!!!!!

May 25, 2012 at 11:03 am |

Peter

Here's a radical thought: If this storyline offends you, don't buy the comic. In the meantime, all of the "exterminate the gays" talk smells a lot like people protesting too much.

May 23, 2012 at 3:57 pm |

Lady Valkris

Thank you.

May 23, 2012 at 4:18 pm |

acajunthatsagun

This is go gay!

May 23, 2012 at 3:51 pm |

eric

Brian is obviously a Nazi. He'd be the first one to build concentration camps.

May 23, 2012 at 3:49 pm |

Moral Boundary Take Down

Why does the human race continually erode good moral values? What is next? Pedophilia? Who's to say that age should be a limitation? I mean really that or beastiality is the only two things left that are on the next moral boundary. If things are permitted to go on, we will all be living in Sodom.

May 23, 2012 at 3:42 pm |

sam stone

why do you look at it as an erosion of morality rather than an evolution of it? do you seriously expect that what was considered moral in a iron age, middle eastern agrarian society would be moral to 21st century man?

May 23, 2012 at 3:50 pm |

1gadawg

the blob fish evolved from something into what it is, doesn't mean it's a better thing...

May 23, 2012 at 4:02 pm |

sam stone

and why do you feel you have any authority to determine what is "better"?

May 23, 2012 at 4:18 pm |

PRISM 1234

Sam Stone, here is a dose of your own "logic" for you......
Since you deny any moral relativism, and in your view there should be no moral laws or standards, why don't you, next time you get in your car, go to an edge of a cliff and apply your logic there... Imagine your car will fly... after all, it should, according to your "logic, since no laws of Nature apply! ...... Just let it go, and you go with it! !

May 23, 2012 at 10:25 pm |

sam stone

PRISM: You equate the laws of the bible with those of nature?

May 24, 2012 at 3:30 pm |

Wild Texas Patriot

I got some evolution for you Sam BOY, Gays cannot procreate because they lack the necessary biological organs to do so which means there is a high possibility of this pathetic group of losers to die out as time goes on like the Black Plague, FOOL!!!!

May 25, 2012 at 11:24 am |

acajunthatsagun

or Gomorrah!

May 23, 2012 at 3:52 pm |

The Flamingo Kid

We've BEEN living in Sodom.

May 23, 2012 at 4:01 pm |

orion77

I am sure you are the bastian of moral values ! Get off your hypocritical high horse and stop spinning your tired old bs .

May 23, 2012 at 4:16 pm |

physnchips

I'll be leaving in America, the land of the free. You'll be leaving in denial.

May 23, 2012 at 4:19 pm |

physnchips

Crap, should say living, not leaving.

May 23, 2012 at 4:20 pm |

Bigot

Let me guess...you get your "good moral values" from a bronze aged book written by a bunch of fallible humans. Just like child molesting priests do. I say thanks, but no thanks to those "moral values"

May 23, 2012 at 4:21 pm |

Kidding Me

Keep telling yourself you have excuses to hate what is good and practice what is bad. In the end, it will all be in your head. You can rationalize any lifestyle. Heck, there are people worshiping rats and believe in evolution. Senseless ones.

May 23, 2012 at 4:41 pm |

somerandomdude

OMG Moral Boundary Take Down!!!! That is EXACTLY what I have been saying the last couple of years!!!! Where do we draw the line??? And what id next? You can't tell old man peter that he can't enjoy children? Stop trying to degridate everyone's values to what someone else lowers themselves to.

May 23, 2012 at 4:38 pm |

Norm

Well golly gee whiz....now we all know what YOU fantasize about....
Thanks for sharing...............

May 23, 2012 at 4:42 pm |

Henry

Sam and why do you feel evolving into this is better? Who made you the moral judge?

May 23, 2012 at 4:49 pm |

msadr

In Germany, they had an incestuous couple trying to get married. Thankfully, the german court ruled against them and took steps to make them stop producing deformed children. crazy, immoral, messed-up world.

May 23, 2012 at 5:06 pm |

mike

Really? Sick and Bob before you say Bigot "I am a bigot and proud of it".

May 23, 2012 at 3:41 pm |

Kidding Me

Is this a joke?

May 23, 2012 at 3:37 pm |

Juliet

Given that there has NOT be a straight marriage, there should NOT be a gay marriage. Comics are for saving the world, not making political statements or brainwashing kids.
Bad form. I will be sure my grandkids no longer support this vendor

May 23, 2012 at 3:40 pm |

Kidding Me

Good point. Why the heck put marriage into comics? Sorry, but when I saw two gay guys kiss on Smash, I did one of those mini-pukes. It was involuntary. Maybe if I see it a lot, I will get used to it? It is so unnatural.

May 23, 2012 at 3:46 pm |

Scott

There have been HUNDREDS of marragies in comics... You don't know what you are talking about, but hey keep raising those grand kids to be bigots...

May 23, 2012 at 4:07 pm |

Kidding Me

So not liking the gay lifestyle is being called bigotry? You have got to be kidding me. That is lame...

May 23, 2012 at 4:13 pm |

sam stone

kidding me: who said you have to like it?

May 23, 2012 at 4:19 pm |

orion77

sam stone and kidding me... sure seem to be spending a lot of time here talking negative about this story ... closet cases for sure !

May 23, 2012 at 4:30 pm |

Kidding Me

Stone: Nobody said you have to like me not liking the gay lifestyle either... LOL

May 23, 2012 at 4:38 pm |

Norm

"Bad Form"???
You do know Peter Pan is gay right?

May 23, 2012 at 4:45 pm |

sam stone

kidding me: is it easier to discriminate if you call an orientation a "lifestyle"?

May 24, 2012 at 3:11 pm |

sam stone

kidding me: disliking it is one thing, denying people their civil rights is another. and, yes that is bigotry.

May 24, 2012 at 3:13 pm |

sam stone

orion: how am i talking negative about this story?

May 24, 2012 at 3:14 pm |

Bob

Im completely fine with gay, straight, – whatever you want to do, as long as it doesnt hurt others – but, I just dont think its necessary in super hero comics. I thought the point was the fight against the evil villian – not social commentary. I dont think a straight marriage has any place in super hero comics – thats just not what they are about in my mind...

May 23, 2012 at 3:34 pm |

sam stone

maybe fighting against the evil villian IS social commentary

May 23, 2012 at 3:39 pm |

Jh1289

You must not know much about comics. They haven't been as simple as "good guy smashes bad guy" in at least 40 years. Spider-Man has been married to Mary Jane off and on, through deaths, rebirths, clones, divorces, smoking addiction, affairs, ad nauseum since 1987. Northstar first came out as gay in 1992. And comics were talking about social issues LONG before these two events.

May 23, 2012 at 3:50 pm |

Norm

Sheldon????
is that you????

May 23, 2012 at 4:47 pm |

N/A

he's an x-man... few other comics are as much a social commentary tool as that series. it seems few people who actually read comics have a problem with this.

Bigmouth Brian: Go to the gay person's parents and tell them you want their child exterminated. See what that gets you. With any luck, it will get you a 9mm between the eyes

May 23, 2012 at 3:41 pm |

Jh1289

That's okay. I would honestly like you exterminated.

May 23, 2012 at 3:51 pm |

orion77

I think people who hatch out morons like you should be sterilized before you can be conceived !!!!

May 23, 2012 at 4:20 pm |

Norm

Come on Brian....exterminate all gays???
Then you'll be the only one.
Now I see what you're up to..............

May 23, 2012 at 4:48 pm |

barry

can't we give all this gay stuff a rest........gee whiz

May 23, 2012 at 3:20 pm |

presto88

I agree. You open CNN's website and every day there is a new "gay" story or issue read about. CNN definately has an agenda.

May 23, 2012 at 3:48 pm |

orion77

Get over it !!!!

May 23, 2012 at 4:23 pm |

presto88

I thought this was a news network, not a Gay this and Gay that life style network.

May 23, 2012 at 4:30 pm |

North Guy

Cnn has become so predictible and so biased. When they have taken this much time and energy to give all air time to support the gay agenda – instead of covering the story from both sides.....understanding that free speech is on the table – in the end they will lose......long term. Cnn you are no longer a credible new operation.....haven't been for years now – but heres a new word you need to get used – Sanctions

May 23, 2012 at 4:37 pm |

JCNow

Just curious. What's the "other side of the agenda." Catholic priests talking about how sinful it is for males to boink males? Could they do that with a straight face?

May 23, 2012 at 7:20 pm |

Norm

Yes....let's tell all the gays to turn it off now.
They've made their point.

May 23, 2012 at 4:49 pm |

Presto88

I wish they would shut up!! Couldnt care less about Adam and Steve.

May 23, 2012 at 6:05 pm |

JPX

How lame, it's a superhero no one has ever heard of, who cares?

May 23, 2012 at 3:19 pm |

Jh1289

Anyone who reads comics knows who he is. He was in Alpha Flight, the Canadian team that fought the X-Men then later became allies.

May 23, 2012 at 3:52 pm |

Norm

Sheldon?????
Is that you????

May 23, 2012 at 4:50 pm |

nilla

Um, Marvel's been pretty progressive for a while now, scott. If you're just seeing this now, you haven't been paying attention.

May 23, 2012 at 3:18 pm |

Juliet

progressive? more like stupid

May 23, 2012 at 3:41 pm |

Norm

Juliet doesn't like gays because they take all the guys away that would normally date ugly, manly looking women.

May 23, 2012 at 4:51 pm |

anna

YUK!!

May 23, 2012 at 3:15 pm |

Bob

bigot

May 23, 2012 at 3:35 pm |

Willy

heterophobe

May 23, 2012 at 3:52 pm |

Norm

Says anna who loves loves to choke on the same thing they do....

May 23, 2012 at 4:52 pm |

Paul S

Anna what? Did you catch your toothless reflection in the mirror?

May 27, 2012 at 7:51 am |

scott

safe to say there are some gayguys working for marvel. this is effin sick.keep it in the closet. guess I wont be seeing spiderman afterall.you blew it marvel.

May 23, 2012 at 3:15 pm |

JPX

Really, Scott? You're that offended? What is it with you conservatives, you're such a hateful, intolerant bunch.

May 23, 2012 at 3:20 pm |

Brian

How did you even know that Scott is a conservative? Your a dooshbag gay loving liberal fa-gg your self. We dont want to see all this gay stuff dont you get it? We will exterminate your gay kind in the future i promise you that.

May 23, 2012 at 3:34 pm |

sam stone

brian: more big mouth bloviating. you will not eliminate gays because straight people keep on giving birth to them. now, boy, go home and get your shinebox....

May 23, 2012 at 3:43 pm |

Sunny1

Hmm, did anyone else notice that everyone on this thread who is against gays seems to be brimming with hatred and can't construct a complete sentence? Brian even gives us a nice "extermination" threat, but I'm willing to bet the irony will be lost on him the next time he accuses liberals of being like Hitler. It's sad, what has become of the right-wing.

May 23, 2012 at 3:52 pm |

Norm

Brian is one of those keyboard warriors.
He's so afraid of gays he won't leave the house anymore because he thinks he might catch it and start hanging WHAM posters all over his mother's basement.

May 23, 2012 at 4:56 pm |

JCNow

That's exactly it. Conservative bigots DON'T WANT TO SEE IT. Somehow gays existing in society like everyone else is now cramming the lifestyle down their throats. Too bad it doesn't work that way. I have a big problem with all those Republicans that believe they have the right to be out in public. Can we put them in the closet?

May 23, 2012 at 7:29 pm |

charles gannon

Interesting use of words "you blew it marvel"

May 23, 2012 at 3:38 pm |

EdL

I should know this but which is the bride and which is the groom? Or perhaps at the wedding the men attending can kiss both?

May 23, 2012 at 3:43 pm |

Rob

Since when has the idea of comic books been to recognize all the people that exist?

May 23, 2012 at 5:10 pm |

Paul S

They are both grooms...both males... The idea that in a gay couple there is a "man" and a "woman" is part of the Christianazi agenda...being gay means that you want to love, own real estate and share a lifetime with a MAN...not a woman, or a man that wants to be a woman, or a child....I know in your black and white brain this is difficult to comprehend but go ahead try.... Now go get another beer and hot pocket

Scott, spiderman won't be released in VHS so you weren't going to see it anyway

May 27, 2012 at 7:48 am |

David

These are two DRAWINGS getting married. Not real life, although the US would do well to allow marriage equality. That's a different discussion, however. The point is, this is a fantasy – not real. Kinda like the bible is a fantasy and not real. See?

Kinda like two people of the same gender think they are having a "real" marriage – but it's just pretend. Funny how people can spin that insult any which way to get their hate out.

May 23, 2012 at 3:25 pm |

sam stone

two people of the gender can have a real marriage. after all, it is the government which determines what a "real marriage" is

May 24, 2012 at 12:43 pm |

Willy

Careful David. Your hatred of religion is showing.

May 23, 2012 at 3:26 pm |

Rob

The bible is based partly on historical events, not makebelieve characters. So you are either ignorant of the Bible or just spewing hate. I would hope this is a comic that is in an adult (non minor) section of comic book stores if there is one. I just don't think this would be proper reading for a 8 year old.

May 23, 2012 at 4:01 pm |

Johan

Perhaps it's not ignorance or hatred of religion. Rather, perhaps it is the acknowledgement of his belief the bible (whether signifying true historical events or not withstanding) is just fantasy. There's nothing wrong with being an atheist or agnostic; it's simply a tenet of his belief system. As is your belief in the bible as the word or god, or whatever.

May 23, 2012 at 5:36 pm |

John

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter is based partly on historical events, for all that that matters.

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